One burger variation I've been meaning to have is one a friend of mine used to win a create a burger contest at a local bar. A mozzacado. Now sure, you think "mozzarella and avocado have been done before". But the mozzarella is actually fried cheesesticks.

That pic looks like the burger has an extra layer of cheese in the middle of the patty.

In honor of this thread I made burgers last night. Medium thick sliders, with blue cheese and sauteed onions, on potato buns. They were cooked medium rare on the cast iron grates on my Weber, over hot ass lump coals. I finished mine with a scrape of mustard on the bottom, a touch of Sriracha, and some leftover BBQ sauce from my last smoke (doctored up KC Masterpiece thinned with cider vinegar).

Just had a burger from Z-Burger. It's Five Guys +shakes -peanuts. From the branding and styling of the store to the burger itself. If you put a Five Guys burger next to one from Z-Burger I don't think you'd be able to tell the difference.

Just had a burger from Z-Burger. It's Five Guys +shakes -peanuts. From the branding and styling of the store to the burger itself. If you put a Five Guys burger next to one from Z-Burger I don't think you'd be able to tell the difference.

That's a pre-made burger though...the real fun is when you make one yourself:

Sounds like a place that started in Santa Monica called "The Counter". The one thing is I can't eat the full 1/3 lb after cooking weight. I would prefer 1/4 lb after cooking weight.Just go in and start checking off what you want. They have a lot more locations around the country now.

I don't understand the love for 5 guys. I mean if you are comparing it to McDonalds or something then hell yeah it's worlds apart, but if you think it's the best burger out there, you need to go somewhere else.

I think it's been pretty well explained. It is consitently rated the best fast food style burger, which is an entirely different creature from a higher end/home cooked/pub burger.

Yup, thats what I said earlier. 5 Guys is outstanding as a "burger joint" which to me is completely different from a steakhouse that serves top of the line steaks and burgers. I don't need a reservation to get in there and I can get a burger and fries for close to $10.

I don't understand the love for 5 guys. I mean if you are comparing it to McDonalds or something then hell yeah it's worlds apart, but if you think it's the best burger out there, you need to go somewhere else.

I think it's been pretty well explained. It is consitently rated the best fast food style burger, which is an entirely different creature from a higher end/home cooked/pub burger.

Yup, thats what I said earlier. 5 Guys is outstanding as a "burger joint" which to me is completely different from a steakhouse that serves top of the line steaks and burgers. I don't need a reservation to get in there and I can get a burger and fries for close to $10.

I don't understand the love for 5 guys. I mean if you are comparing it to McDonalds or something then hell yeah it's worlds apart, but if you think it's the best burger out there, you need to go somewhere else.

I think it's been pretty well explained. It is consitently rated the best fast food style burger, which is an entirely different creature from a higher end/home cooked/pub burger.

Yup, thats what I said earlier. 5 Guys is outstanding as a "burger joint" which to me is completely different from a steakhouse that serves top of the line steaks and burgers. I don't need a reservation to get in there and I can get a burger and fries for close to $10.

I don't understand the love for 5 guys. I mean if you are comparing it to McDonalds or something then hell yeah it's worlds apart, but if you think it's the best burger out there, you need to go somewhere else.

I think it's been pretty well explained. It is consitently rated the best fast food style burger, which is an entirely different creature from a higher end/home cooked/pub burger.

Yup, thats what I said earlier. 5 Guys is outstanding as a "burger joint" which to me is completely different from a steakhouse that serves top of the line steaks and burgers. I don't need a reservation to get in there and I can get a burger and fries for close to $10.

This is an extremely dangerous feature. At least for me. Using this I concoct what I like to call the 'burger ball.' This involves extra cheese, and well almost extra everything else. It's something that would take a long time to order in person, but very easy to do so online.

The best burger I ever had was in some 24-hour joint in lower Manhattan, somewhere around 45th? No idea where now, or what it was called. The food overall was pretty average, so the place is probably gone now... But it was an awesome burger. If I was ever to find myself back in Manhattan I'd probably spend a bit of time looking for it again.

Best place I can name is Atlanta's Vortex (either of them). Can't say how they compare to anywhere else mentioned in this thread, but I liked their burger menu and pretty much everything else about them. Definitely one of the things I really miss about Atlanta.

Actually, I think fast food is something I miss about the US in general, and don't get me started on Man vs Food either! How can the UK suck so much compared to the US???????